Hut Skiers Call 911 During a Night Outside
By Rocky Thompson on December 28th, 2009
A couple of hut skiers lost their way on the seven-mile trek between shelters and had to spend the night outside. Instead of setting up camping and moving on in the morning, the two lost Hawaiians called 911 and spent a night huddled under a tree until an Army National Guard helicopter could pluck them from the wilderness the following day. Andrew at Out There points out that half the entries in the Skinner’s log are “Got lost, had to camp for the night.” Theirs could read, “Got lost, and got a free sick helicopter ride.” I wonder if it’d be bad form to ask the Army pilot to drop you at a nearby summit so you could ski down.
